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Post by Patrick on Aug 31, 2008 13:01:38 GMT
I keep promising myself I'm going to wind up the old Apple Mac and start compiling a document or a "Diary" of memories. You go through your day and things come to light in your mind from times gone by and I think it's worth writing them down. Accordingly though - they do say that later in life it's easier to remember the distant things than the recent past. So would there be any point?
Of course, the interesting bit is being able to share these with people who might have been there at the time. Discussing a memory with Best Beloved t'other day she could fill in bits from a memory twenty years ago - that made the jigsaw more complete.
These things fade in and out though - which is why I wonder about recording them? Sitting on my Dad's shoulder whilst he - or I cleaned my teeth one bedtime - Having my hair washed by my Mum and feeling scared as my head went under the water in the bath (for the first time?) Who knows? Perhaps she was trying to drown me! Or the time my Grandmother tried to scrub off a set of prominent veins I have on one arm - thinking I'd felt tip penned all over me!! "But Nanny!! That's my Veins!!!" I said.
How long do you keep hold of memories like that?
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Post by motorist on Aug 31, 2008 16:40:15 GMT
I have a few from about 35 years ago, maybe older ones (not much more, though, as I'm only 39 next month)
Things from the last few years, Saara has been using for Scrapbooking (a most excellent American innovation that). Even if we don't have photos of something we did, she will find something relevant to use
Hey, wasn't it MoominPapa that was always writing his memoirs? Does that mean I can call Patrick "MoominPapa"? ;D
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Post by Patrick on Aug 31, 2008 17:11:06 GMT
Hey, wasn't it MoominPapa that was always writing his memoirs? Does that mean I can call Patrick "MoominPapa"? ;D How about that - the one book I've read more than any other, apart from the Peter Tinniswood books, is Comet in Moominland! Now there's an "epic road movie waiting to happen" of a book! |
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Post by motorist on Aug 31, 2008 18:11:09 GMT
The moomins are very big over here, Patters - the author is a half-Swede/half-Finn who lives in Finland. The merchandising is ludicrous! Other cult-like things with lots of merchandising include Lordi and an amusing cartoon called "Vivi and Wagner" or "Woman and Pig", but the Moomins win the merchandising race EASILY!
I remember when I was a teeny kid, I quite liked Baba Papa. At least I think that was the name. He was an elephant?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Aug 31, 2008 18:20:35 GMT
I feel that the greatest aids to memory are smells, sounds, music, old TV etc.
I listen to a record from a certain time and I am there. Sometimes it can even be just looking at the weather and it "twigs" something from the past.
The way we store memories is actually quite wonderful.
AH
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Post by Patrick on Aug 31, 2008 21:37:10 GMT
The moomins are very big over here, Patters - the author is a half-Swede/half-Finn who lives in Finland. The merchandising is ludicrous! Other cult-like things with lots of merchandising include Lordi and an amusing cartoon called "Vivi and Wagner" or "Woman and Pig", but the Moomins win the merchandising race EASILY! I remember when I was a teeny kid, I quite liked Baba Papa. At least I think that was the name. He was an elephant? I've got the animated Moomins on DVD - and not the crap US version - it's a strange collection - it has the German version on too! Now - there was Barbapapa who was a big pink blobby thing with a multicoloured family who were - in modern parlance - shape shifters - and there was "Barbar" the elephant. (who was French apparently!) |
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Post by Patrick on Aug 31, 2008 21:47:05 GMT
I feel that the greatest aids to memory are smells, sounds, music, old TV etc. I listen to a record from a certain time and I am there. Sometimes it can even be just looking at the weather and it "twigs" something from the past. The way we store memories is actually quite wonderful. AH Smells - A few times recently I've come across the same perfume that my Primary School teacher wore (perhaps it's back in fashion!) Which sends a mindflash in TV style of images and experiences. I was in a shop the other day that must have had lots of vinyl coverings because it smelt like our 1969 Fiat. My local Organic shop smells like a resaurant in France where we had breakfast in the 1970's Oh - and a mad one - take some fresh orange juice or a glass of milk. Munch on a biscuit - simple one like Digestive or Malted Milk - fill your mouth full of it then swill it round with the drink. Now for me that goes straight back to Nursery School - (with orange squash) or the Infants at Primary (with the milk)and we'd play "Corporation Dustcarts" as the rubbish (the biscuit) went in to be washed away! Hmmm, probably too much info there........ Going now........ |
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Post by motorist on Sept 1, 2008 3:50:45 GMT
The moomins are very big over here, Patters - the author is a half-Swede/half-Finn who lives in Finland. The merchandising is ludicrous! Other cult-like things with lots of merchandising include Lordi and an amusing cartoon called "Vivi and Wagner" or "Woman and Pig", but the Moomins win the merchandising race EASILY! I remember when I was a teeny kid, I quite liked Baba Papa. At least I think that was the name. He was an elephant? I've got the animated Moomins on DVD - and not the crap US version - it's a strange collection - it has the German version on too! Now - there was Barbapapa who was a big pink blobby thing with a multicoloured family who were - in modern parlance - shape shifters - and there was "Barbar" the elephant. (who was French apparently!) Ooh blimey I remember both. But my ancient memory merged the two of them earlier  |
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